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Rescue workers rescue a man from strong currents of La Silla river during Tropical Storm Fernand in the municimore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

Rescue workers rescue a man from strong currents of La Silla river during Tropical Storm Fernand in the municipality of Guadalupe, in Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer

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Damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian on the Great Abaco island town of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, Septembemore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

Damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian on the Great Abaco island town of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, September 2, 2019. REUTERS/Dante Carrer

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President Donald Trump holds a chart showing the original projected track of Hurricane Dorian that appears to more

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

President Donald Trump holds a chart showing the original projected track of Hurricane Dorian that appears to have been extended with a black line to include parts of the Florida panhandle and of the state of Alabama during a status report meeting on the hurricane in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, September 4. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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A woman points at a police officer outside the National Police Jail during a prisoners' riot in Caracas, Venezmore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

A woman points at a police officer outside the National Police Jail during a prisoners' riot in Caracas, Venezuela September 4. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

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An aerial view shows devastation after hurricane Dorian hit the Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas, September more

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An aerial view shows devastation after hurricane Dorian hit the Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas, September 4. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

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Anti-extradition bill protesters open umbrellas as they demonstrate at a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station, amore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

Anti-extradition bill protesters open umbrellas as they demonstrate at a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station, at Po Lam, in Hong Kong, China September 4. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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A Kayabi indigenous young man climbs a tree to harvest acai in the Amazon forest on the outskirts of Juara, inmore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

A Kayabi indigenous young man climbs a tree to harvest acai in the Amazon forest on the outskirts of Juara, in Mato Grosso state, Brazil September 1. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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A pro-Brexit protester carries signs outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, September 4. REUTERSmore

A police officer removes burning tires from the road, as protesters set up fires to block traffic along Airpormore

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2019年 9月 4日 Wednesday

A police officer removes burning tires from the road, as protesters set up fires to block traffic along Airport Road in Abuja, Nigeria September 4. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

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Emily Hicks of Charleston holds her dog Murphy along the waterfront ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian imore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

Emily Hicks of Charleston holds her dog Murphy along the waterfront ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Charleston, South Carolina, September 4. REUTERS/Randall Hill

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A waterspout is seen from the German NGO Sea-Eye migrant rescue ship 'Alan Kurdi' as it waits for further instmore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

A waterspout is seen from the German NGO Sea-Eye migrant rescue ship 'Alan Kurdi' as it waits for further instructions after rescuing Tunisian migrants, in international waters off Malta in the central Mediterranean Sea, September 4. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

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A soldier takes part in a military parade to commemorate the founding of the army on its 40th anniversary in Mmore

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2019年 9月 4日 Wednesday

A soldier takes part in a military parade to commemorate the founding of the army on its 40th anniversary in Managua, Nicaragua September 3. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

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With an image of "El Liberator" Simon Bolivar on a mural behind, White House adviser Ivanka Trump hugs a migramore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

With an image of "El Liberator" Simon Bolivar on a mural behind, White House adviser Ivanka Trump hugs a migrant woman during a visit a center for Venezuelan migrants in Cucuta, Colombia, September 4. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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Australia's Steve Smith hits a beachball during the match against England in Manchester, Britain, September 4.more

Pope Francis stands next to Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi during a welcome ceremony in Maputo, Mozambiqumore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

Pope Francis stands next to Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi during a welcome ceremony in Maputo, Mozambique, at the start of his visit to Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius, September 4. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

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Manoel Kanunxi, chief of the Manoki indigenous people, points to the location of his people's land that was bumore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

Manoel Kanunxi, chief of the Manoki indigenous people, points to the location of his people's land that was burnt, on a map drawn in the dirt, on the outskirts of Brasnorte, in Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 27. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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People attend an event to celebrate 90 years of Italian premium sports car maker Ferrari racing team at Milan'more

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

People attend an event to celebrate 90 years of Italian premium sports car maker Ferrari racing team at Milan's Duomo Square, in Milan, Italy September 4. REUTERS/Flavio lo Scalzo

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A woman takes a photo of a horse during the Expo Pradolivestock and agricultural international exhibition, inmore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

A woman takes a photo of a horse during the Expo Pradolivestock and agricultural international exhibition, in Montevideo, Uruguay September 4. REUTERS/Mariana Greif

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An aerial view shows devastation after hurricane Dorian hit the Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas, September more

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An aerial view shows devastation after hurricane Dorian hit the Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas, September 4. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

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Municipal workers hang the portrait of Pope Francis ahead of his visit to Madagascar, in Antananarivo, Madagasmore

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Municipal workers hang the portrait of Pope Francis ahead of his visit to Madagascar, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, September 4. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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People ride on a truck on a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Mumbai, India, September 4. REUTERS/Francis Mmore

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People ride on a truck on a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Mumbai, India, September 4. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape more

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, September 4. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters take to the hills to form flashlight-carrying human chains during the Mid-Autumn Festival, a day when families traditionally gather to gaze at the moon and eat mooncakes while children swing colorful lanterns.

Southeast Asia has suffered for years from annual bouts of smoke caused by slash-and-burn clearances of forests for farms and palm oil plantation land, raising worries about public health and the impact on tourism.

An unprecedented surge in wildfires has occurred since Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January vowing to develop the Amazon region for farming and mining, ignoring international concern over increased deforestation.